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SJC-10635: COMMONWEALTH vs. LEONARD C. SZERLONG
Argument: May 3, 2010
Keywords: Criminal Procedure - Domestic Violence - Evidence - Hearsay
Question Presented: Whether a defendant forfeited the right to object to prior statements made by the alleged victim of a crime, where he married her in order to allow her to claim the marital privilege against testifying.
Facts: The alleged victim, the defendant’s then-girlfriend, told her best friend and her sister that the defendant attempted to strangle her, and, while brandishing a knife, threatened to kill her …
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